เบ็ด

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเบ็ด
e ɓ ˘ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbèt
Royal Institutebet
(standard) IPA(key)/bet̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓetᴰ (fishhook). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ, Lao ເບັດ (bet), ᦵᦢᧆ (ḃed), Tai Dam ꪹꪚꪸꪒ, Shan မဵတ်း (máet) or ဝဵတ်း (wáet), Ahom 𑜈𑜢𑜄𑜫 (bit), Tày bết. Compare Proto-Austronesian *kabit (hook) (whence Kulon-Pazeh kabit).

Noun

เบ็ด • (bèt)

  1. fishhook
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

เบ็ด • (bèt) (abstract noun ความเบ็ด)

  1. used in เบ็ดเสร็จ (bèt-sèt, total, altogether)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • เบ็ด” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.